rsshub vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting via unvalidated URL parameters

Description

When the URL parameters contain certain special characters, it returns an error page that does not properly handle XSS vulnerabilities, allowing for the execution of arbitrary JavaScript code.

Users who access the deliberately constructed URL are affected.

Recommendation

Update the rsshub package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): < 1.0.0-master.c910c4d
• Patched version(s): 1.0.0-master.c910c4d

References

• GHSA-32gr-4cq6-5w5q
• CVE-2023-26491
• CWE-79
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A3
• OWASP 2021-A6

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Tags:

npm

rsshub